I expect it also depends how you schedule your Major Upgrade. If you remove one MSI completely then install the second (early RemoveExistingProducts) and that gets canceled, then I expect the file would be rolledback because the second install is essentially a clean install.
If you schedule RemoveExistingProducts later, it may have more of the behavior you want. But I would definitely suggest testing. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Thom Leigh <t...@mondago.com> wrote: > When you say "never removed even on rollback", do you mean never removed > on uninstall either? > > If so, you can set your component's guid to an empty string. Meaning > Windows Installer will not "manage" the component at all - so it won't > be able to remove it. > > But Windows Installer also won't be able to repair it or patch it. (I > don't know about upgrades, I guess they might just always overwrite the > file) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Domonkos [mailto:s...@pfgltd.com] > Sent: 20 January 2011 17:27 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Major Upgrade Rollbacks > > Hi, > > Is there any way to have a ini file only be written and never removed > even on rollback? > > Here is the snippet > <Component Guid="[foosguid]" Id="foo.INI" Permanent="yes" > NeverOverwrite="yes"> > <IniFile Id="fooini" Action="createLine" Key="fookey" Name="foo.INI" > Section="default" Value="[AVALUE]" Directory="FOO_DIR" /> <CreateFolder > /> </Component> > > I have tried both the default afterInstallValidate <MajorUpgrade > AllowDowngrades="yes" MigrateFeatures="no" /> > > and > <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="yes" MigrateFeatures="no" > Schedule='afterInstallFinalize' /> > > An uninstall does not remove the ini, which is desired, but if the user > cancels late enough the rollback removes the ini. > > The solution I am leaning towards is write out the ini with Windows > Installer as a different extension then to copy the file as a ini then > only execute this if the ini file does not exist. This should survive > rollbacks, but if there is a built in way that would be great, maybe > tweaking the rollback. Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Sam > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various > malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the > impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your > company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
